{"id":4775,"date":"2020-10-29T23:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2024-04-20T14:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:25:21","slug":"fun-facts-81-flitterwochen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/10\/29\/fun-facts-81-flitterwochen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About English #81 – Old English Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Old English is the language of the early Germanic inhabitants of England known as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Their settlements began in the 5th century and lasted until the end of the 11th century. Only about a sixth of Anglo-Saxon words have survived and make up about 1% of the current English language. On the other hand, 80% of the thousand most common words in modern English come from Old English! They include the words water<\/em>, earth<\/em>, house<\/em>, food<\/em>, drink<\/em>, sleep<\/em>, sing<\/em>, night<\/em>, strong<\/em>, the<\/em>, a<\/em>, be<\/em>, of<\/em>, he<\/em>, she<\/em>, you<\/em>, no<\/em>, and not<\/em>. Interestingly, many common swear words are also of Anglo-Saxon origin, including tits<\/em>, fart<\/em>, shit<\/em>, turd<\/em>, arse<\/em>, and probably, piss<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are ten Old English words you can start using to bring some medieval color to your daily vocabulary. You’ll also be doing your part to save endangered words!<\/p>\n\n\n\n